31 results for aung san suu kyi

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Greetings: they can be difficult things to get right. I can’t have been the only person to view the front-page photos of Barack Obama’s recent meeting with Aung San Suu Kyi in Burma with a mix of fascination and fully…

Greetings: they can be difficult things to get right. I can’t have been the only person to view the front-page photos of Barack Obama’s recent meeting with Aung San Suu Kyi in Burma with a mix of fascination and fully…

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Construction work continues in Burma’s new model capital, inaugurated in 2005. Its sparkling buildings are designed to consolidate the generals’ power – but with small steps towards democracy, could Aung San Suu Kyi one day…

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Sri Lankans head to the polls in a closely fought election between two-time president Mahinda Rajapaksa and his challenger – and former ally – Maithripala Sirisena. Meanwhile, in Burma there's a big question mark over why…

Radio

A look at the Burmese opposition’s visit to China without leader Aung San Suu Kyi, we also hear how all Eurasian languages may have descended from just one, and check in with our editor-in-chief Tyler Brule in Istanbul.

Radio

We hear from Mali to discuss the ongoing military operation against Jihadists by France with the UN. We also discuss Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi’s failure to condemn the ethnic violence against Muslims in Burma, and…

Radio

With it looking unlikely that Aung San Suu Kyi can run for president, what are the prospects for democracy in Burma?, We also hear from Amnesty International on Syrian refugees in Turkey, Tyler Brûlé meets Karl Lagerfeld…

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We discuss Turkish politics, look at HSBC’s global woes, unpick the delicate diplomacy of Myanmar’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi as she visits China, our man in Budapest discusses his book ‘Tower of Basel’ and we…

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Australian journalist Yaara Bou Melhem discusses the role of diplomacy between Canberra and Cairo in securing the release of Al-Jazeera journalist Peter Greste, we get the latest from the trial of Dominique Strauss-Kahn,…

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As the US announces more troops will be deployed to Iraq, we wonder whether a sense of mission creep is setting in for the campaign against Isis. We also analyse Aung San Suu Kyi’s visit to China and ask whether Nato still…

Opinion

When Burma’s new parliament first opened just one year ago, it was roundly dismissed as a front which the country’s authoritarian rulers would use to rubber-stamp their decisions.

When Burma’s new parliament first opened just one year ago, it was roundly dismissed as a front which the country’s authoritarian rulers would use to rubber-stamp their decisions. But this week, as the parliament opens its…

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Huge changes have recently taken place in Burma. A glittering new capital now rises from the plains, elections have been held and the military junta formally dissolved. At least, that’s what the army generals would like the…